curator

as in guardian
a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc. a curator seeking an addition to the collection

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Recent Examples of curator The curators of the exhibit are Dahlia Horne, Dontrius Williams, and Kelsha Reese. Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025 Back when curators were planning the exhibition, McCartney approached Larry Gagosian about later selling the images, as Joshua Chuang, a photography director at Gagosian, tells Bloomberg’s James Tarmy. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2025 Last year was another busy one for 30-year-old curator and gallerist Storm Ascher. Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025 In planning the festival, Hussie-Taylor and Seta Morton, Danspace’s associate curator and program director, kept circling back to the theme of artistic transmission — of passing down older works and envisioning them anew. Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • If the material is not removed or relocated to an adults-only section within 60 days, the parent or guardian can sue the library.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The fee for the event is $6 per person and is limited to a total of 25 children, who must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The demonstration came to a head in late April as protesters took Hamilton Hall, damaging property and trapping custodians inside.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The gunman held a hospital worker hostage and shot multiple people, including a doctor, a nurse and a custodian.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Telegram channel said the janitor placed Saitiev on wooden boards and alerted the concierge to call an ambulance.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Charlie Day played her son, janitor/man-child Charlie Kelly.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.
    Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • Parent was only 18 and visiting Garretson, the caretaker, at the Cielo Drive guest house.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
  • When no one answered at the home, the caretaker contacted neighborhood security to conduct a welfare check at the home.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tension between Amazon and the stewards of 007 has reportedly been simmering for years.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Before her death in 2021, Rogers’ wife Joanne served as the primary steward of Rogers’ legacy, as the chair emerita of Fred Rogers Productions and the honorary chair of the Fred Rogers Institute.
    Makena Gera, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Curator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curator. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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